system sent a letter to Rajavi's family saying that it would drop the investigation relating to Rajavi's assassination, with the letter saying that "the criminal investigation must be closed because the statute of limitations has been reached". The decision of the Swiss prosecutor's office was strongly protested by the National Council of Resistance of Iran which issued a statement condemning it, and demanded that the case be kept open. NCRI also called for Issuance of international arrest warrants for Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, then secretary of Iran's Supreme Security Council, and Ali Akbar Velayati, the then foreign minister. Letter to the Deputy Attorney General of the Swiss Confederation In a letter to the Deputy Attorney General of the Swiss Confederation, Vaud Canton's Prosecutor suggested that the assassination of Prof. Kazem Rajavi should be investigated as a case of crime against humanity and not just as a typical homicide. He therefore suggested the case to be transferred to the Attorney General, since genocide and crimes against humanity fall exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Swiss Confederation. In April, ten politicians and personalities in Geneva signed an article in the Tribune de Genève criticizing impunity in Rajavi's case, with Jean Ziegler saying that closing this case would constitute "'impunity for assassins' on Swiss soil." See also Iranian diplomat terror plot trial Iran and state-sponsored terrorism References 1934 births 1990 deaths 1990 murders in Switzerland Assassinated Iranian politicians Deaths by firearm in Switzerland Iranian expatriates in Switzerland Iranian people murdered abroad People murdered in Switzerland People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran members University of Geneva alumni University of Paris alumni Iran–Switzerland relations People killed in Ministry of Intelligence (Iran) operations